Copiague’s library runs 40 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14 for libraries its size
Copiague Memorial Public Library serves 31,591 people in and around Copiague. Last year it lent 71K books, movies and e-books and logged 67K visits.
What Copiague’s library is like
Well funded, but lightly used
Copiague Memorial Public Library spends $126 per resident, more than 95% of similar-size libraries. Use doesn’t match: visits per resident are lower than at 61% of them. What your card is worth ↓
Three times the programs of a typical library its size
Copiague Memorial Public Library ran 1,277 programs last year, about 25 a week. That’s 40 per 1,000 residents, against a typical 14. People show up: 25,000 attended. Kids & programs ↓
49% of borrowing happens on a screen
E-books, e-audiobooks and streaming make up 49% of loans. That’s partly because print borrowing is low: digital loans per resident are below typical too. What people borrow ↓
Programs lean toward adults
58% of the 1,277 programs last year were for adults: classes, talks, clubs and events. 425 were for children. Kids & programs ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024; Copiague Memorial Public Library serves 31,591 people in and around Copiague, and its numbers cover all of them.
What’s behind Copiague’s civic life grade
Copiague isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more.
Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.
Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →
About 8 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 8 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people across the U.S.
Copiague Memorial Public Library serves 31,591 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000.
Every hour the doors are open, about 23 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Copiague Memorial Public Library system. The library’s own count.
49% of borrowing is digital
71K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
35,086 e-books, e-audiobooks and streams last year. Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Find it
Copiague Memorial Public Library, 50 Deauville Boulevard, Copiague.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Copiague Memorial Public Library branch.
New in Copiague? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
What a library card is worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Copiague cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $40. Operating budget $4M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.4M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $4M budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 11,124 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copiague | Copiague Memorial Public Library fine-free | — | 60 | — graded as part of its town |
| Amityville | Amityville Public Library fine-free | — | 62 | D |
| Lindenhurst | Lindenhurst Memorial Library fine-free | — | 68 | C |
| North Amityville | None of its own | — | — | — graded as part of its town |
| Gilgo | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- System-wide. Copiague Memorial Public Library serves 31,591 people in and around Copiague, so the yearly numbers cover all of them, not just Copiague.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →
Questions about the library and civic life in Copiague
Does Copiague have a public library?
Yes. Copiague Memorial Public Library, 50 Deauville Boulevard, serves 31,591 people in and around Copiague (the survey’s count) and is open about 60 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Copiague Memorial Public Library fine-free? Does it lend e-books?
Yes to both: no late fees, and e-books, audiobooks and research databases with a card (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Copiague’s library?
It logged 2.1 visits and lent 2.3 items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.6 visits for libraries serving 25,000 to 100,000 people.
What is Copiague’s civic life grade?
Copiague isn’t graded on civic life: TownRatings grades towns of 1,000 residents or more. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Copiague.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.